BILL NUMBER: AB 164	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JULY 15, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Gomez

                        JANUARY 21, 2015

   An act relating to the payment of claims against the state, 
making an appropriation therefor,  and declaring the urgency
thereof, to take effect immediately.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 164, as amended, Gomez. Claims against the state: payment.
   Existing law establishes a procedure for the state to pay claims
against the state.
   This bill would  state the intent of the Legislature to
 appropriate funds for the payment of claims against the
state, as presented by the Attorney General, and  to have
  require  any appropriated funds in excess of the
amount required to pay those claims  to  revert to the
General Fund.
   This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as
an urgency statute.
   Vote: 2/3. Appropriation:  no   yes  .
Fiscal committee:  no   yes  .
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
   
  SECTION 1.    The Legislature intends to
appropriate funds for the payment of claims against the state
presented by the Attorney General. Any funds appropriated in excess
of the amounts actually required for the payment of a claim shall
revert to the General Fund on June 30 of the fiscal year in which the
payment is made. 
   SECTION 1.    (a) The sum of two million two hundred
seventeen thousand two hundred fifty-five dollars ($2,217,255) is
hereby appropriated from the General Fund to be allocated in
accordance with the following schedule:  
   (1) The sum of one million seven hundred thousand dollars
($1,700,000) to the Department of Justice to pay the settlement in
Humphries v. County of Los Angeles, et al., (United States District
Court, Case No. SACV 03-0697 JVS MANx). Any funds appropriated in
excess of the amounts required for the payment of this claim shall
revert to the General Fund.  
   (2) The sum of five hundred seventeen thousand two hundred
fifty-five dollars ($517,255) to the Department of Justice to pay the
settlement in Marilley v. McCamman (United States District Court,
Northern District of California, Case No. 11-cv-2418-DMR). Any funds
appropriated in excess of the amounts required for the payment of
this claim shall revert to the General Fund.  
   (b) Five hundred seventeen thousand two hundred fifty-five dollars
($517,255) is hereby appropriated from the Dungeness Crab Account
within the Fish and Game Preservation Fund to the Department of
Justice to pay the settlement in Marilley v. McCamman (United States
District Court, Northern District of California, Case No.
11-cv-2418-DMR). Any funds appropriated in excess of the amounts
required for the payment of this claim shall revert to the Dungeness
Crab Account. 
  SEC. 2.  This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the
meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into immediate
effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:
   In order to pay claims against the state and end hardship to
claimants as quickly as possible, it is necessary that this bill go
into immediate effect.